Record turnout at Pacific Infrastructure Conference signals strong deal pipeline
We are proud to report that the Pacific Infrastructure Conference 2025 set a new benchmark for Pacific business engagement. Over three high-energy days in Brisbane, our flagship event brought together 650+ delegates, 80 speakers and more than 40 exhibitors from 20...
Leaders back climate-smart projects as the Pacific courts investors
Politicians from across the region used the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council-led Pacific Infrastructure Conference in Brisbane to signal an investment agenda built on local content, climate resilience and better connectivity. Their messages to contractors,...
Inflation falls for third straight month, easing pressure on households, firms
Fiji recorded an annual inflation rate of minus 2.1 per cent in August, the third monthly decline in a row since June, according to the Ministry of Finance. The Government framed the trend as the first signs of better balance in supply and demand, helped by lower...
Record turnout at Pacific Infrastructure Conference signals strong deal pipeline
We are proud to report that the Pacific Infrastructure Conference 2025 set a new benchmark for Pacific business engagement. Over three high-energy days in Brisbane, our flagship event brought together 650+ delegates, 80 speakers and more than 40 exhibitors from 20...
Leaders back climate-smart projects as the Pacific courts investors
Politicians from across the region used the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council-led Pacific Infrastructure Conference in Brisbane to signal an investment agenda built on local content, climate resilience and better connectivity. Their messages to contractors,...
New A220 arrives in 50th anniversary livery while board stands down CEO
Air Niugini has revealed its first Airbus A220, known as The People’s Balus, fresh from Airbus’s Mirabel facility in Canada and painted in the flag carrier’s red, black and gold with a special 50th anniversary insignia. The aircraft is currently registered as C-FOWU....
Co-ops back on the policy map as PNG courts ICA support
Papua New Guinea used the International Year of Cooperatives to reboot its cooperative agenda. The country hosted Balasubramanian Iyer, Regional Director for Asia Pacific at the International Cooperative Alliance, for four days of policy talks and sector showcases....
K10 billion export goal for coffee industry
Papua New Guinea plans to strengthen the Coffee Industry Corporation Limited to better serve the country’s most iconic smallholder crop. Speaking to the Post-Courier, chief executive Charles Dambui said the corporation needs more resources and more extension officers...
Central bank nudges 2025 growth forecast higher
Papua New Guinea’s central bank has inched up its 2025 GDP forecast, citing stronger commodity prices, steadier mine output and improved agricultural exports. In a preliminary September outlook presented to the Monetary Policy Committee on 3 September, the Bank of...
Record turnout at Pacific Infrastructure Conference signals strong deal pipeline
We are proud to report that the Pacific Infrastructure Conference 2025 set a new benchmark for Pacific business engagement. Over three high-energy days in Brisbane, our flagship event brought together 650+ delegates, 80 speakers and more than 40 exhibitors from 20...
Leaders back climate-smart projects as the Pacific courts investors
Politicians from across the region used the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council-led Pacific Infrastructure Conference in Brisbane to signal an investment agenda built on local content, climate resilience and better connectivity. Their messages to contractors,...
Palau pitches US$1b infrastructure pipeline, puts partnerships at the centre
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr used the Pacific Infrastructure Conference in Brisbane to court public and private capital for more than US$1 billion in projects over the next five years. He told delegates that fiscal space is tight after pandemic borrowing, so...